Reminiscing Singapore

On a perfectly sunny sunday afternoon, i'm sitting on my bed typing and yakking away. lost my zest to club and party le.. cant wait to get back to our sunny shores.. missing so many many people and food and activities back home. i will be back in around 2 months. hurry book me for any programs. but i be poor when i get back so u might have to pay for me.. hahaa.. but i can always provide a good luff, chuckle or i can even offer to bring you to the best foodie places.. so what are u waiting for? BOOK me now*.

*while stock last only

Ketrzyn- bartek's hometown

Due to an unfortunate accident, i missed my flight to amsterdam. as i tugged my soul and body back to warsaw, i was rather downcasted. it turns up to be a good decision as i visited bartek's family in ketrzyn and spent 3nights there.

we first had to take a torturous 4hours plus drive to his place. actually for me not that bad as im not the driver. nevertheless it was a ride too long. it put getting from pasir ris to tuas in perspective.. as i struggled with the thought of spending my hols in a tiny town with not even a club, i reached there.

first impression. nice town. small but cosy. his aprtment is not extremely huge but its warm and have this family feel of it. duh.. its his family. his parents are so hospitable. he had an one eyed dog(lost 1 eye in fight with cat) which after awhile i find very agreeable and endearing. first 2 days we cant eat meat as its their easter tradition. i declined his mom's generous offer of a meat dish as i feel i must assimilate into their culture. good choice. i hardly miss meat as his mom's first dish of fried potato pancake with eggs are mmmm..... delectable..

there were so many happy moments. i played soccer with his high sch frens in an indoor soccer court. it was great fun and i guess i played very well. being long i enjoyed a game of soccer. we went to hitler and his chief of army's HQ near to his hometown. i really cant image amist to ruins and forests, how did the most feared man in history spent his time? how did his troops spent their time?? i simply cant fanthom the idea of willing my time in that piece of desolated land..

we also went to a hotel with indoor water theme park. actually there were only 2 slides with 1 bartek affectionately know as "onion". its a roundish slide that u slide from darkness to a huge circle and u go round n round b4 exiting via a hole into the awaiting splash below. met an old viet guy with his family and he asked me in mandarin if im from china!

i aso cooked for his family. wanted to cook sweet and sour pork but there was no pork so we settled for turkey meat. i was worried it will be bad but it turns out quite well along with the long bean turkey breast meat i was cooking. they were so impressed they asked me to write down the recipe which i gradly obliged. we had meal over 2 bots of champange-1 of which i bought and was gladly recieved.

leaving was a rather sad affair for all of us including me. after a brief meeting with his family, dog and cook cum family fren, i have grown attached with their hospitality and generousity. his father gave me 2 bots of vodka which im supposed to bring back 1 to my parents. it was not the sort of cheapskate common vodka that u buy off the shelf but a premium short in nice packaging dat i never see b4. i left it with bartek at his place as im afraid either someone else or i would drink it in our numerous drunken stumpours.. his mom gave me a nice huge box of chocs which i already had 3 pieces. im eating it slowly and is not going to share with anyone. i accepted their gifts but with alot of shame as i felt they were really too valuable..

i told them i will be back. indeed i will be back. i wana cook 1 more time for this kind family. i want to bring for them some nice gifts of my own. though our meeting was short, i was really touched by them. the time i spent there was great. it was priceless.

back from prague

Okae.. tragedy.. im back in ugly warsaw.. this is so becos i missed my freaking flight to amsterdam from prague.. yeap. i know that sound silly but we couldnt have anticipate the accident along the one way street resulting in police blockage.. neither could we comprehend the STRICT enforcement of the 30min check in rules.. we were at the airport 20mins prior to departure and due to airport protocols, we were not allowed in.. so cp decided to go to austria and i returned to warsaw as i did not wana disturbe his easter celebrations with his family..

Prague was beautiful for sure. its amazing actually.. the beauty of it stunned me to silence and i ended smiling gingerly all the time.. cp was very sick and i went out alone at times.. it was still beautiful though even if you are alone and there is no one to share the experiences with. we met a swedish couple(not exactly couple since not they are not attached) and they were great.. we went to this cocktail bar everyday with more than 120 different cocktail selections. we had 3 cocktails there every day. there is even free strip tease show. strip tease shows it seems are huge in europe.. there is tis huge club in prague. its like 4 different dance floor. what annoyed my only in this cty is the service staffs demanded on tips most of the times. yeap.. demanded and not waiting for us to do so. it gets real irritating after awhile.

there is a huge cosmopolitan feel in prague. somehow however u came to realise pretty soon tat tourists make up the bulk of the ppl u see on the streets. many many asians.. too many in fact. for the first time, i dont feel awkward or being gawked at. we met argentinians(1 who snore so much he made cp literally crazy), italians(who speak perfectly horrendous english), indians(who are hospitable and jus sms me "where are u dear", finn guy(waiting for his gf) and others.. there were also this czech guy who treated us brandy at the club.. he wanted my name card so i jus gave him mine.. hope this action wont return to haunt me..

so now im back in warsaw.. there are no imminent plans to travel so i be staying put for some time.. sulk.. :(

war

Today i cried. finally i watched the classic- Schindler's list. some of you might have seen it before, some of you might have heard about it before but all of you should have known about the halocaust.

The massacre of 6 million jews were retold in books and texts around the world. i had read about it but never had the opportunity to really understand the horrors and atrocities of world. watching the show does not make me truly realise the sufferings the innocents suffer but somehow i felt so helpless.

Young jews were cartered awayed to another location infront of their families. people shot at random. scenes of helpless victims brought to a chamber and left there. it dawns on me that the people is not only fearful of death but the hopelessness of the cause. they do not know when their turn will come. a fast death is preferred but often humilation and torturing were the chosen one. after world world 2, less than 4000 jews remained in poland. to put that in perspective, maybe 2% survived..

Just like the killing fields in cambodia when millions of cambodians were systematically disposed of, there is no real meaning towards the horror unleashed. i prayed not only for the dead but the souls of those responsible for the killings. they have mostly died but their children shall always bear the strain of having murderous parents. their children will be known as offsprings from the root of evil. may they rest in peace..

I miss austwitchz when i went to krakow. i will go there in 2 weeks time alone. i guess i need to be there alone. to try envisage the terror the poor victims must have felt. i pray for them. may they rest in peace.

weekend

On friday last week, i joined kuba at his fren's house party. it was quite cool and there were many chicks around. got 1 girl i met was coincidentally coming to spore! whee.. nice.. was supposed to club together with her on sat but due to some communication prob, dint get to meet her. but she arranged to meet me on wed. im not like attracted to her(at least not now) but the thot of knowing more poles even when im back in spore pleases me. it like sort of a continuity thou i cant see any possibilities that i will be closer to her than the lousy pole himself.

On saturday it was more parties. due to another communication cock up, all 3 taxis landed up in different clubs! i was with another polish friend and we landed up at babiba! damn its nice but we got no clues we are at wrong clubs till 2 hours later? hahaa.. then berit ask us to join them at panska and we went but they were already gone!! damn it. n panska sucks. there was no one. was really drunk that nite. drank half a bot of vodka and 4 beers?? then since we went to wrong club, we decided to go mac. but kuba n the polish guy werent interested in mac so i landed eating nuggets meal alone. after that they went to a kebab place n i ordered a kebab even thou i was freaking full! mus be the alcohol cos i got no idea why i order it. but retribution struck me. it was the spiciest kebab in my life. my throat was burning and it gets very painful.. sigh...

Nothing happen on sunday. i stayed in sabinki watching 4 movies in a row namely fever pitch, must love dogs, gladiator and sin city. hahaa.. movietorn.

I dint mention several things else happen last week. first we went to a strip club. its not really kinky but 1 guy spent like 800 plus plns in 1 night? he is the only one who get a dancer drinks and ask for private lap dances? huge spender.. in the end the girl gave him her no n add and told him that she want him to teach her english? common.. how can anyone possibly believe that?

then tom went to sabinki. as it was too late, he was refused entry. he managed to beg himself in for half an hour. but after half an hour, it was time to leave. so he pretend to leave and thoma did up a road comprising of curtains n blankets n let it fall to the ground fall.. he climbed in!! how cool is that? but the next day, thoma and i climbed down from the blanket with tom holding on to it as we dont want ppl to know we are going out so late. its kinda farnie la and i had blisters on my hand to show for my misdeanvours.

Finally i be going to prague and amsterdam this sun. hozen will be here on friday so i will entertain him. on sun wee morning, claudius, rijkaard and me will be embarking on our own mini euro trip. might be going to budapest with ri as claud wanted to go back salzborg. nothing is confirmed yet for that. we shall jus take it as it come. cant wait for it. should be a smashing trip. =)